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Ersen K.

İstanbul, Türkiye

3 reviews

$750 - $1000 / Day

About

He is a film producer, director and director of photography. Ersen Kiyga was born 1982 in Adana, Turkey and studied journalism at the Marmara University. He started his professional career as an assistant news producer at the NTV news channel in 2001. He then joined public broadcast channel TRT as a cameraman and producer. He also worked at the Al Jazeera Turk as a director of photography. His work there saw him cover wars in Libya and Syria and interviewed with Kaddafi. He has been involved in the production various feature documentary films. Filmography Leave the Door Open, 2021, Director of Photography, feature documentary of Ümran Safter (Best documentary award DC Independent Film Festival, Best documentary award Boston Film Festival) My Place is Nowhere, director, producer and director of photography 2014, Feature documentary ( Al Jazeera Balkan) Fall of Libya Zenga Zenga, documentary film, Director, Producer and Director of Photography (TRT News and TRT Documentary Channel) The Great Walking, Director of Photography, Documentary film about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (TRT 1, TRT news; TRT Al Arabia) From 2011, Local Producer and cameraman- Listening Post- Al Jazeera English Experience 2023 Turkiye -Syria earthquake – freelance cameraman for SKY NEWS 2023 Election of Turkey – Freelance cameraman for Russia Today 2022 Syrian Refugee Dilemma of Turkiye - Documentary Director and Producer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFkM4o3ObjQ&t=533s 2021 - Leave the Door Open, Director of Photography, feature documentary Ümran Safter (Best documentary award DC Independent Film Festival, Best documentary award Boston Film Festival , Texas and Frankfurt film festivals) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtlxPdIta7k “My Place is Nowhere” Director/ Lâmekân Ensemble is a musical group which gathers the artists coming from different countries, cultures and backgrounds under the the same roof of Ottoman/Turkish music. Aljazeera Balkans Film will be broadcasted on 7th March at 17:05 (CET) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRmPvW7NNaw&t=3s Fall of Libya “Zenga Zenga” Part I & Part II / Director– The documentary is about the fall of Libya and the Gaddafi Regime and contains the last interview held with Muammar Gaddafi. TRT News and TRT Documantary channels. The Great Walking / Director of Photograph,– The documentary which consists of 3 parts is about Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his mayorship years until his presidency. TRT 1, TRT News, TRT El Arabia Refik Hariri Assassination Documentay ‐BEIRUT LEBANON Leyla Halid Documentary- JORDAN Mohamed Bouazizi Documentary - TUNUS 2018 – 2022 2009 - 2011 News Cameraman, Program Cameraman TRT TÜRK, İSTANBUL Cameraman at Dünyamız Detay, Dünya Raporu News Programmes which bring together stories covered by the Agency’s correspondents worldwide. 4G live broadcast. Video editing for news packages. Recently worked as the cameraman for TRT Türk’s coverage of Libya Uprising and interview with Muammar Gaddafi on 9th March 2011 2009 - 2011 Pusula News Program-Istanbul-AMB Production) Took part in many productions including the company’s flagship Pusula News Programme anchored and produced by Mithat Bereket. Worked in various positions such as archivist, producer and cameraman. The company has produced many programmes and documentaries broadcast in a wide range of networks including NTV, CNN TURK, SKY TURK, AZTV, MBC, AL‐ARABİA, AL‐JAZEERA . 2002‐2003‐ Ateşler Ülkesi ve Haydar Aliyev Documantary Leaders That I Have Followed and Had the Chance to Know So Far Muammar Gaddafi, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Abdullah Gül, Rauf Denktaş, Derviş Eroğlu, Yaser Arafat, Ayetullah Hüseyin Fadallah, Amr Musa, Mahmut El Zahar, Fuad Siniora, Muhammed El‐Baradey, Şimon Peres,Asıf Ali Zardari, Hamid Karzai, İlham Aliyev, Ban ‐Ki Moon, Anders Fogh Rasmussen

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Documentary DP
3 reviews
Video Editor - Documentary
Non-Fiction Film Director

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Top Reviews

  • December • 2023

    Ersen has shown his proficiency in his first work with VOA in a very appealing project, he has a great talent to bring out the best and most human sides of his interviewees...

    Melek at VOA Turkish

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Video

  • 4K video camera

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  • TV News Producer
  • Non-Fiction Film Director
  • Documentary DP

Post Production

  • Video Editor - Documentary

Miscellaneous

  • Creative Director